Nicklaus
#2,227 most common boys' name of all time · #5,363 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1964–2025
Rank among boys
#2,227
Rank overall
#5,363 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
3,462
Since 2016
218
Peak year
1997 #891
Best rank
#891 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 156/yr
Nicklaus first appears in 1964. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,308 |
| 2024 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,945 |
| 2023 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,779 |
| 2022 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,360 |
| 2021 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,180 |
| 2020 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 2019 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,848 |
| 2018 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,645 |
| 2017 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,370 |
| 2016 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,254 |
| 2015 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,356 |
| 2014 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,819 |
| 2013 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,283 |
| 2012 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,396 |
| 2011 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,635 |
| 2010 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,155 |
| 2009 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2008 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,115 |
| 2007 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,172 |
| 2006 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,866 |
| 2005 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,500 |
| 2004 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,741 |
| 2003 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,425 |
| 2002 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,398 |
| 2001 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,280 |
| 2000 | — | 150 | 150 | #989 |
| 1999 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,093 |
| 1998 | — | 143 | 143 | #969 |
| 1997 | — | 156 | 156 | #891 |
| 1996 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,027 |
| 1995 | — | 130 | 130 | #975 |
| 1994 | — | 130 | 130 | #971 |
| 1993 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,115 |
| 1992 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,195 |
| 1991 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,075 |
| 1990 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,199 |
| 1989 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,263 |
| 1988 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,280 |
| 1987 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,183 |
| 1986 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,020 |
| 1985 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,189 |
| 1984 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,140 |
| 1983 | — | 79 | 79 | #999 |
| 1982 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,137 |
| 1981 | — | 84 | 84 | #994 |
| 1980 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,087 |
| 1979 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,136 |
| 1978 | — | 92 | 92 | #900 |
| 1977 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,538 |
| 1976 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,400 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,842 |
| 1974 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,756 |
| 1973 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,814 |
| 1972 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,297 |
| 1971 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,953 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,477 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,632 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,920 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,902 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,583 |